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Table 2

Descriptive statistics of sample farmers and variables

VariableMeanStandard deviationMinimumMaximum
Gender (dummy; 0 = Female, 1 = Male) 0.50 0.50 0 1 
Education (dummy) 0.53 0.03 0 1 
Age (years) 45.32 10.26 25 72 
Farming experience (years) 8.64 6.39 1 40 
Cultivated farm size (ha) 2.90 0.33 0.40 65 
Irrigated portion of farm (ha) 2.88 2.40 0.5 15 
Labour (nos of persons) 6.61 0.28 0 30 
Input expenditure (rands) 9,953.39 12,526.92 0 96,200 
Revenue (rands) 27,034.04 2,359.69 0 280,000 
Climate change awareness (dummy) 0.93 0.017 0 1 
Insurance (dummy; 0 = No, 1 = Yes) 0.23 0.03 0 1 
Access to credit (dummy) 0.26 0.16 0 1 
Farm organisation membership (dummy) 0.41 0.49 0 1 
Rainfall (mm) 684.64 64.51 635.41 803.99 
Minimum air temperature (°C) 11.89 0.14 9 15.01 
Maximum air temperature (°C) 24.62 1.25 22.48 25.89 
VariableMeanStandard deviationMinimumMaximum
Gender (dummy; 0 = Female, 1 = Male) 0.50 0.50 0 1 
Education (dummy) 0.53 0.03 0 1 
Age (years) 45.32 10.26 25 72 
Farming experience (years) 8.64 6.39 1 40 
Cultivated farm size (ha) 2.90 0.33 0.40 65 
Irrigated portion of farm (ha) 2.88 2.40 0.5 15 
Labour (nos of persons) 6.61 0.28 0 30 
Input expenditure (rands) 9,953.39 12,526.92 0 96,200 
Revenue (rands) 27,034.04 2,359.69 0 280,000 
Climate change awareness (dummy) 0.93 0.017 0 1 
Insurance (dummy; 0 = No, 1 = Yes) 0.23 0.03 0 1 
Access to credit (dummy) 0.26 0.16 0 1 
Farm organisation membership (dummy) 0.41 0.49 0 1 
Rainfall (mm) 684.64 64.51 635.41 803.99 
Minimum air temperature (°C) 11.89 0.14 9 15.01 
Maximum air temperature (°C) 24.62 1.25 22.48 25.89 

Source:South Africa Weather Services (2015).

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